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Generational Wealth Panel: New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators 48th Annual Legislative Conference featured young entrepreneurs Ofo Ezeugwu, co-founder of Whose Your Landlord, (left) and Micah Ainsley Brown, General Partner of Centiment Capital, (rear), giving inspiration to workshop attendees. Page 6

Boss: The Black Experience in Business

he little-known story of African American entrepreneurship from post enslavement and reconstruction to the present, where skill, industriousness, ingenuity and sheer courage in the face of overwhelming odds provide one of the backbones of this nation’s economic and social growth. Directed by Pea bo dy- and Emmy Awardwinning filmmaker Stanley Nelson Boss: The Black Experience in Business shines a light on the story of resilience and resistance within the black American experience in the face of overwhelming odds, including racial hostility and violence, economic exclusion, segregation and discrimination. Page 11

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Virginia Church Pays $100,000 Worth of Debt for Howard University Students Black students are more likely to borrow, less able to make progress on paying down their loans, and almost half defaulted on their school loans. Many do not graduate. Now 34 seniors can. Jayme S. Ganey, diversityinc.com Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., decided to clear the debt of 34 Howard students. 95 percent of Howard students are on financial aid. About 4,000 church members fasted and prayed for 30 days, saving money to donate to something charitable. They donated $100,000 to 34 students. More than 44 million borrowers collectively owe $1.5 trillion in student loan debt in the United States. Data from the US Department of Education showed that 12 years after entering college, Black students who took on debt for their undergraduate education owed more on their federal student loans than they originally borrowed. Studies also show Black students are

percent of students who receive those grants graduate. Some of the Howard students were not sure how they were going to graduate because they couldn’t complete tuition payments. But now, they can focus on their academics and their plans for the future after college. Alfred Street Baptist Church was founded in 1803, and many of the HBCUs were founded in the 1800s, including Howard University, founded in 1867. The church hosts an annual HBCU College Festival, now in its 17th year, which is being held this month at the Washington convention center with over 10,000 students and families attending. more likely to borrow, less able to make progress on paying down their loans, and almost half defaulted on their loans. Many do not graduate. Assistant minister Marc Lavarin, who has his own loans to pay back from

Duke, said that «In many instances, it›s not their academic aptitude that›s keeping them back...it›s debt.» Atlanta’s HBCU Georgia State University provides “micro grants” to students to keep them from dropping out. They report 86

Statement from Attorney General James on Census Case

n response to today’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to hear a case about the Trump Administration’s attempts to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census, Attorney General Letitia James released the following statement: “Adding a question about citizenship to the Census would incite widespread fear in immigrant communities and greatly impair the accuracy of population counts. Any underrepresentation of the real number DBG MEDIA Publishers of Our Time Press, Inc. 358 Classon Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238 (718) 599-6828 Web site: www.ourtimepress.com e-mail: editors@ourtimepress.com Publisher DBG MEDIA Editor-in-Chief David Mark Greaves Copy Editor Maitefa Angaza Columnists Eddie Castro Victoria Horsford Michael Johnson Abigail McGrath Marlon Rice Reporters Akosua Albritton Margo McKenzie Contributors Lisa Durden Fern Gillespie Web Editor www.ourtimepress.com Liani Greaves Office Manager Joanna Williams Consultant Bernice Elizabeth Green Co-Founder © 2015, DBG MEDIA Publishers of Our Time Press, Inc., printed in New York City. All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced without prior permission of the publishers. Publishers are not responsible for any ad claims. MBE Certified in NYC, NYS and the Port Authority of NY & NJ Member: New York State Press Association

of people living in states and localities could reduce representation in Congress and funding for New York and other states and localities across the country. This would have far-reaching and long-lasting effects and is antithetical to the purpose of the Census. The District Court recognized these facts in ruling in favor of our challenge and we look forward to seeing the Trump Administration in court once again.” In January 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruled

in favor of the New York Attorney General’s Office in a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration from demanding citizenship information in the 2020 Census. The initial lawsuit was filed in April 2018. New York is leading a coalition of 34 states, cities, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in this case. The multistate and city suit was consolidated with a case brought by multiple non-profit groups.

Lavarin said the idea of donating to Howard came to him during prayer. “I thought, ‘What better way to celebrate Black History Month than investing in the young, Black heroes of HBCUs?’” he said.

Queens BP Katz Responds to Amazon’s Withdrawal

UEENS, NY – Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to Amazon’s announcement that it is withdrawing plans to build its second headquarters in Long Island City. “We all want jobs to come to Queens, and Amazon used the promise of job creation to extract major concessions for this project. But after last month’s City Council hearing, it became increasingly clear that they had no intentions of being good neighbors and committing to the required negotiations,” said Borough President Katz. “They rejected our values of supporting working people and were unwilling to work with our local communities toward a mutually beneficial resolution. New York has the best tech work force in the nation, much of which is here in Queens, so if Amazon wants to take their jobs somewhere else with a lesser work force so they can undercut wages and workers’ rights, that’s their choice.”

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Protesting the President on President's Day ■■

n Presidents Day in Union Square Park, a big crowd of New Yorkers joined citizens across the nation in observing the holiday by broadcasting their feelings about the president and his administration’s policies. The park’s plaza in front of the steps, a familiar protest site, may not have held so many people since Trayvon Martin’s parents joined demonstrators after his murder. People were there to express their outrage over Donald Trump’s calling for a state of emergency because his border wall vanity project was not funded. Neither were they pleased with his plans to get the money without government approval. Mick Mulvaney, acting White House Chief of Staff said last week, “We should have sufficient money this year,” to fund the 234 miles of wall Trump says will cost $5.7 billion. Declaring an emergency is the tool Trump says he’ll use to redirect $3.5 billion from the Defense Department’s approved construction budget because the projects it had lined up “didn’t sound too important to me” said Trump. The redirection of $2.5 billion from the Department’s drug-battling war chest and $600 million from the drug forfeiture program at the Treasury Department would be accomplished under the executive authority he enjoyed prior to declaring the emergency. Thus far, the 16 states that have signed onto a lawsuit against the president are, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Virginia. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led the lawsuit. Only two are border states, but the others voice concerns over the ethics

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of this policy and about the loss of monies in the budget earmarked for state-improvements and other funding. “Today on President’s Day, we take President Donald Trump to court to block his misuse of presidential power,” said Becerra. “We’re suing President Trump to stop him from unilaterally robbing taxpayer funds lawfully set aside by Congress for the people of our states. For most of us, the Office of the Presidency is not a place for theatre.”

Also suing the president are Public Citizen, acting on behalf of a Texas wildlife preservation group, the Frontera Audubon Society and three Texans whose properties have been identified as future border wall construction sites. New York has already filed recent suits against Trump on behalf of victims of his charitable foundation. About this new suit, Letitia James said, “We’ve joined 15 AGs in filing a lawsuit

challenging President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency and his attempt to divert funding appropriated by Congress for other purposes. Declaring a National Emergency when one does not exist is immoral and illegal.” And of course, Trump did not help his case when he said that he knew he didn’t really need to declare a state of emergency at this time, leading his critics to point out that if one has the option to take an action now or later, it’s not an emergency.

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into the American film scene with his first feature film, the provocative SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT, in 1986. His film said that a new generation of Black filmmakers would tell Black narratives through unfiltered AfricanAmerican lens. Hollywood has been much better for wear. Spike, break a leg on Sunday!

By Victoria Horsford

NEW YORK, NEW YORK NYC residents and media are still confounded by the loss of its AMAZON suitor and 25,000 jobs. Governor Cuomo is livid, but his remarks are measured. Hizzoner de Blasio maligns Amazon and its duplicity. Fingers of victory or blame are being pointed in many directions, none where they really belong, at Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio for negotiating the AMAZON deal with its huge tax breaks without benefit of input from the NYS Legislature nor the NYC Council. NYC needs a cooling-off period. The enmity between the City Council and Councilman Rev. Ruben Diaz requires immediate détente. Last week, the Council dissolved its newly-created For-Hire Vehicles Committee, which Rev. Diaz, Sr. chaired, by a vote of 35 out of 51. That was in response to his claim that the Council is run by the “homosexual community.” The City Council approved the committee creation, in a nod to the Bronx Democratic machine for its support of Corey Johnson, who is gay, to City Council Speaker. Diaz, Sr. has made homophobic remarks for years. The Council wanted an apology and/or resignation from Rev. Diaz for his City Council leadership remarks. Diaz says NO. The Council is threatening to expel Rev. Diaz for his callous words. When did “freedom of speech” die in the City Council? In 2017, Diaz won the Primary with 40% of the vote. The City Council needs to move on with affairs of the city, not petty retribution schemes. This is the last reminder of the 2/26 NYC Public Advocate Special Election and the importance of your vote. African-Americans hold no citywide elected office since Letitia James became the NYS Attorney General. The three African-American Public Advocate

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ARTS/CULTURE/ HISTORY The year 2019 is the 400 Anniversary of the Atlantic Slave Trade. The Government of Ghana has declared 2019 as the “Year of Return for African-Americans to return to Ghana and reconnect and reclaim their ancestral heritage.” The God Box Foundation and the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute presents, “God Box Talks into the Wilderness,” an interfaith dialogue between Pan-African religious and spiritual leaders. What Does Liberation Look Like at 400 and is Africa the Answer? Dr. Samuel Cruz, Daniel Dawson, Professor James Smalls and Sister Onleilove Alston are the panelists. Talk will be held on February 27, 6-9 pm at 120 East 125th Street, Harlem. [Visit cccadi.org] “Turn the World Around: The Legacy and Music of Harry Belafonte” returns to the Aaron Davis Hall at the CCNY campus on March 1, his 92nd birthday, on Convent at 135th Street, Harlem. The musical tribute to Belafonte toplines artists like Ty Stephens, Branice McKenzie and Richard Cummings, longtime Belafonte music director, all worldwide Belafonte tours alum.

Michael Blake candidates are City Councilman Jumaane Williams, Assemblyman Michael Blake and Attorney Dawn Smalls.

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Happy Birthday, Dear Pisces: BlackStarNews.com publisher Milton Allimadi; Flo Anthony; Harry Belafonte; Olympian Simone Biles; Imhotep Gary Byrd; Harriet Cole, entrepreneur; Loris Crawford, Savacou Gallerist; Laurie Cumbo, NYC Council; Stephen Curry; Pearl Duncan, genealogist; Ambassador Harold Doley, Jr; Cheryl Duncan, PR entrepreneur; Anna Maria Horsford; Daniel Horsford; Vonetta Horsford Jacobs; Professor Myrtle Jones; Henrietta Lyle, CB10; Rihanna; journalist/ author Rosalyn McLymont; Athena Moore, Manhattan Boro Prexy’s Office; Sidney Poitier; Ishmael Reed; Arva Rice, NYUL CEO; Karlisa Rodney, NY Carib News; Hank Willis Thomas; Jocelyn Valentine; and Ambassador Andrew Young. RIP: Literary lioness Andrea Levy, 62, died last week. The London-born Levy was the daughter of Jamaican immigrants who relocated to England after WWII, responding to Britain’s call to come to help rebuild the country. The group is known as the “Winrush Generation.” She started writing in her 30s. Her quasi-autobiographical novels, “Small Island” and “The Long Song,” chronicled the lives of the Caribbean Diaspora living in England and the undercurrents of racism. Last year, the Winrush Generation came under attack by the British Government who questions its citizenry about its presence of almost 70 years. Members of the group lost their jobs, health benefits and other privileges afforded citizens. They are treated like “Dreamers” in Trump’s America or like the Haitians who lived in the Dominican Republic for 60 years and were exiled as noncitizens a few years ago. The Winrush Generation and their descendants live in a “citizenship limbo” in Britain. They really need a 14th Amendment. The recipient of

many literary accolades, Andrea Levy’s “Long Song” was short-listed for the prestigious Man Booker Award. RIP: Native New Yorker Peter Alan Harper, 68, died on December 13, 2018. Harper was a poet/writer headquartered as a business writer at the Associated Press in New York. He organized journalism workshops and taught Black history. He earned a master’s degree in Fine Arts at CCNY in 2014. Harper’s Homegoing service will be held at Imagenation, located at 2031 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, Harlem, on April 6 at 2 pm.

FEBRUARY 2019 T h e award-winning docu m e n t a r y, MR. SOUL!, about Ellis Haizlip and the birth of Black Power TV, premieres in Ellis Haizlip Harlem at the Apollo Theater on February 21 at 6:30 pm. SOUL! is the TV show which aired on PBS from 1968 to 1973 with guests like Jimmy Baldwin, Muhammad Ali, Nick & Valerie, Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Stevie Wonder and Malcolm X. Screening is followed by a discussion moderated by film producer Melissa Haizlip, Blair Underwood and other guests. [Visit apollotheater.org] Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition hosts its 22nd Annual WALL STREET ECONOMIC SUMMIT, which convenes on February 20-22 at the Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, located at 811 Seventh Avenue at 53rd Street, NYC. Summit theme is: “400 Years Later, Closing the Wealth Gap, Expanding Opportunities.” [Visit rainbowpushwallstreetproject.org]

Jesse Jackson The following should be “required reading” for American history buffs: 1) Read the YESMagazine.org essay, “40 Acres and A Mule Would Be at Least $6.4 trillion Today – What the US Really Owes Black Americans;” 2) Read the 2/15 Washington Post opinion piece, “The Black Men of the Civil War Were America’s Original ‘Dreamers’” by Colbert King, who won a Pulitzer in 2003; 3) NY Times 16-page Special supplement, “OVERLOOKED, Revisiting 168 Years of NYT history to provide obituaries for Black Men and Women Who Never Got Them.” The 12 obits chronicled include eminences like Mary Ellen Pleasant, born into slavery, she became a Gold Rush-era millionaire, 1814-1904; Granville T. Woods, inventor known as the “Black Edison,” 1856-1910; Oscar Micheaux, filmmaker 1884-1951; and Zelda Wynn Valdes, couturier, 1905-2001.

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Thinker’s Notebook

A Joyful Noise, A Quiet Place

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By Marlon Rice

he New York State of Black, Puerto Rican and Asian Legislators 48th Annual Conference took place in Albany this past weekend. Lawmakers, business owners and community leaders statewide converged onto Albany to discuss the various issues that affect us both as individual towns and districts, and as a collective statewide body. Downtown Albany was abuzz with inspiration, with the hotels and the streets alike teeming with an intergenerational mass of doers, movers and shakers all looking to make their mark, connect to the right person or just to enhance their professional portfolio while having a good time. This was my first time at the Caucus. I attended for a few reasons; I was extended an invitation to speak on a panel about generational wealth, I’ve been wanting to get upstate to Albany and to neighboring Troy in order to get a feel of the area and its real estate opportunities, and most importantly I went to the Caucus looking for the stories. As a writer, that’s always the most important part of traveling anywhere. You want the story, the thread that binds people to a place, or to an event, or to one another. Find the story and you find the meaning. The Caucus is an amazing event to attend. It is a place for community guys and business guys to connect with policy makers and legislators; spending mornings coming to common ground on the issues, and spending evenings celebrating life. It reminded me of an HBCU homecoming, it had that kind of feel walking through Empire State Plaza, running into old acquaintances and people from the community, shopping with the dozens of

vendors in the corridor that connects the Egg to the Legislative Office Building, seeing the representation of the Black Greek organizations. The access that you have to the political leaders in your area alone makes the trip worth it, you can’t put a dollar value on the ability to pitch an idea to the right person just because you happened to be sharing an elevator, or eating at the same counter, or meeting at the bar while you both wait for drinks. That paradigm is why attending the Caucus makes sense, and this particular Caucus had even another layer of energy attached to it because of the record amount of new lawmakers elected to various seats. So, while there were panels dedicated to climate change and how to build and sustain non-profits, the bigger discussion in the halls, in the hotels and in the streets was about the possibilities rooted in a renewed spirit of hope, built upon the new opportunities to affect change. I wasn’t in Caucus mode for the whole time though. I spent the bulk of my time as I like to do, amongst the locals, doing local things and hearing local perspective. I’m a regular guy, put me in a castle to rub shoulders with the high-born, and I’ll find my way into the kitchen to have a beer with the staff. It’s just my nature to find a regular pace to veer into from the fast lane. So, I paid attention to Troy. I stayed in an apartment nestled in a beautiful Victorian building, a stone’s throw away from the Hudson River. The apartment is a writer’s paradise; snuggled into a quiet block, with a rustic decor and a window with a storytelling view of the city outside. There are a bunch of breathtaking homes in Troy, their beauty worn down

Marlon at Tech Valley Center of Gravity, a makerspace, prototyping center, manufacturing incubator, STEAM-education center and creative community in Troy, NY. from time but still noticeable to those who pay attention. At the turn of the 20th Century, Troy, New York was sitting at the center of the American Industrial Revolution. It’s output of iron and steel was matched only by Pittsburgh. At one point, Troy was the fourth wealthiest city in the country. That was around the time that much of the Victorian architecture and the massive private homes were built. When the river was the bloodline for industry, the city of Troy flourished. However, as industrial business declined, so too did the city’s economy. Nowadays, the quiet city’s biggest private employer is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, pivoting the emphasis of the city from steel and iron and into more hi-tech and creative business models. I visited Tech Valley Game Space on 3rd Street. It’s a non-profit organization that provides a tech space for game developers and computer folk to mentor, educate and introduce new tech to the community-at-large.

I had lunch at Little Pecks on Broadway, and learned that the owner of the place is a guy from Brooklyn that still travels back to Brooklyn every Sunday just to have Sunday dinner with his grandmother. I met a guy who takes the wood from out of the Hudson River and repurposes it into furniture, and a Lyft driver that wanted to find a good girl to have kids with because he was 28 and didn’t want to wait until after 35 to start a family. What I found in Troy were men and women working hard to live the American dream. I’m not talking liberty and justice, I’m talking the belief that your passion and your attitude are more than enough to sustain your life. Good people, doing good things to live a good life. That was the story. I met with a State Senator, and I met with a guy in dirty overalls with paint on his hands, and my weekend in the Capital District showed me that both of those men have the power to change a community.

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Climate Change, Equity and Justice “Transition is inevitable, justice is not.” This was the message of the panel on Climate Change and it reflects the driving passion of individuals and small organizations across the state. Responses to the changing climate will affect the economy and it is important that those low-income communities that traditionally are most impacted with ongoing ecological, economic and political deprivation be protected and empowered. That is the goal of the New York State Climate and Communities Protection Act which seeks to cut 100% of greenhouse gas pollution while mandating an “equity screen” that ensures agencies set aside 40% of the public investment in achieving that emission goal to be reinvested in disadvantaged communities. Photo: David Greaves

Climate Panelists Fernando Ortiz, The Point CDC; Priya Mulgaonkar, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance; Leslie Velasquez, El Puente; Adrien Salazar, Demos; Franchelle Parker, OpenBuffalo

Building and Keeping Generational Wealth

he Caucus Panel on Generational Wealth was not about jobs, it centered on the need to have an equity stake in production, that is to own and build businesses. The obstacles to this range from childhood trauma, attitudes in the home about money; “it’s not what you earn, it’s what you save,” and access to capital faced by those on the low end of wealth inequality. This workshop equipped caucus attendees with the tools to bridge gaps in access and opportunities related to entrepreneurship,

technology, media and more. The panelists for this event engaged attendees in handson icebreakers and activities that help them learn more about where they are in the wealth-building process and how they could take their wealth goals to the next level. Many participants shared that the session felt immensely relatable and tangible. Panelists on the road to success is also about having the opportunity to build on personal equity. It also made no sense for someone with a 4.0 in computer science to

be working for the MTA instead of in a hightech industry where they can create their own business. The panelists filled a representation void attendees traditionally experience, often seeing few people that look like them successful in these spaces and in their immediate communities. The panelists for this workshop included entrepreneurs overseeing 5+ organizations, a Forbes magazine contributing writer, former Obama White House team member, founder of a $5 million

Venture Capital firm, model, actor, social activists and more. At the conclusion of the event, there was a large intergenerational dialogue with questions from seasoned pros, parents and young entrepreneurs that was beautiful to witness. The event was very well-attended during caucus weekend with nearly 100 participants. Major sponsors of the panel were GenFKD (http://www.genfkd.org/the-story) and NY State Senator Leroy Comrie.

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Generational Wealth panel: (From left to right): Marlon Rice--journalist for Our Time Press, Ofo Ezeugwu--co-founder of Whose Your Landlord, James Felton Keith--President of The Data Union, Rhonda Binda--co-founder of Venture Smarter and Micah Ainsley Brown--General Partner of Centiment Capital. Panelists at NY State Senator Leroy Comrie and Generation Financial Knowledge Development (GenFKD) sponsored Generational Wealth Workshop at the NYSABPRL's 48th Annual Legislative Conference. Principal Moderator & Host: Dr. Brittany Chambers, GenFKD R & D Director. Facilitator and Host: Alain Berrouet, NYC Department of Education Family Leadership Coordinator.

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Bishop Ismael Claudio - Faith Programming Co-Chair, AACEO & President, 81st Precinct Clergy Council; Inspector Winston M. Faison - 81st Precinct, Bishop Stacey Latimer - Faith Coordinator, New York City Faith in Action Coalition; Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Dee Bailey - Chief of Operations, AACEO; New York City Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo, Rev. Dr. Robert M. Waterman - Antioch Baptist Church, The Honorable Cenceria Edwards - New York City Civil Court Judge, Julie Miner - JStrategies, PhARMA; Rev. Dr. Kahli C. Mootoo - Bethel AME Far Rockaway, The Honorable Judge Sharon Clarke, The Honorable Carolyn D. Wade - New York City Civil Court Judge, Khari Edwards - Vice President, External Affairs - Brookdale Hospital and Medical Center.

Keeping A Watchful Eye:

Celebrating 10 years of HIV/AIDS Advocacy ■■

By Marlon Rice

he largest workshop at this year’s NYS Black, Puerto Rican and Asian Legislative Caucus was a discussion about ending epidemics in communities of color. It was held in the well of the Legislative Office Building, an open area that was filled on both sides to hear the information being presented. The panelists were a “who’s who” in downstate politics - Cumbo, Mosley, Gonzalez. And while each of the panelists are an amazing representation of what our city has to offer, the warmest smile in the room belonged to the founder of the organization co-sponsoring the event, Divinah Bailey of Watchful Eye. The only thing more recognizable than Divinah “Dee” Bailey’s smile is her work ethic and her commitment to ensuring that HIV/AIDS remains a part of every community’s public health agenda. This April, Ms. Bailey will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Watchful Eye, an organization that she founded in her native community of Bed-Stuy, whose mission is to encourage through basic education, prevention and working with indigenous leadership in the community, to spread

the HIV/AIDS prevention message and to inspire people to get tested. The former chief negotiator for the United Auto Workers Security and Pension Plan says that HIV/AIDS advocacy became her calling as a result of the disease hitting home: “I got into HIV/AIDS advocacy for a very personal reason. My cousin was infected with the disease back when no one knew its origin or understood why or where it came from. He lived with a lot of discrimination and stigma attached to his illness. What we found was that a lot of people weren’t acknowledging HIV/AIDS in the Black community. I understood that Brooklyn, my home, needed a very intense look at the way that AIDS and HIV education and prevention was being handled. At that point, after counsel with a number of Brooklynites, elected officials and others, I was encouraged to come and open up an office in the middle of Bed-Stuy to concentrate specifically on looking at Brooklyn and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.” Watchful Eye opened its doors for the first time on April 4, 2009. For the past 10 years, Dee Bailey has parlayed her

relationships and resources to build and maintain partnerships that have worked to help preach the message of HIV/AIDS prevention and education. Partnered with Black Veterans for Social Justice, the organization has spearheaded innovative campaigns such as their Red Ribbon Revitalization Campaign which places 8-foot banners on street poles in front of medical centers, churches and educational institutions in areas hit hard by HIV/AIDS. The key to spreading the word, according to Ms. Bailey, is by aligning the cause with other community institutions. “Through Watchful Eye and through our affiliations we have been able to cultivate meaningful relationships with policymakers, elected officials and clergy across the nation. Everywhere we go, people are putting HIV/AIDS at the forefront of their community agenda. From doing this work, we’ve developed relationships with a variety of organizations because our society realizes now that everybody is affected by HIV/AIDS.” Through her various affiliations, Dee Bailey has been able to deliver her message citywide. She’s even taken it to the circus. Every year, Ms. Bailey serves for a stint as the Guest Ringmaster for the UniverSoul Circus, a move that is strategic to embedding the ideal of prevention into the community. “We are able to take an HIV/AIDS

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Our Time Press columnist Marlon Rice with Dee Bailey and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. 2020 visionaries: John Flateau, Celeste Morris, MorrisAllsop, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Esmeralda Simmons, founder and executive director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, The Hon. Paul Wooten, New York County Supreme Court, Civil Term.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo with Watchful Eye founder, Dee Bailey preventive message to start off a circus that has a crowd of both young and old. We are able to incorporate and bring communities and bring out the veterans and bring out the judges there, all under the umbrella of HIV/ AIDS prevention.” If Dee Bailey’s life was set to music, it would be the ballad of a lifelong community servant. Ten years after this daughter of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community opened the doors to Watchful Eye, she is still finding new and innovative ways to get the message of HIV/AIDS prevention into the public conversation. As long as HIV/AIDS is a community issue, Watchful Eye and Dee Bailey will be there to meet it head-on.

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he primary goal for Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman was to display a much-improved winning product to take the field for 2019 that will be good enough to dethrone the rival and reigning World Champion Boston Red Sox. The Yankees have been quite active in free agency this winter by re-signing players like their ace Luis Severino (4 years/$40 million), J.A. Happ (2 years/$34 million), Zack Britton (3 years/$39 million--he also changed the H in his name to a K) and also coming to terms with former Colorado Rockie players such as Adam Ottavino, D.J. LaMahieu and Troy Tulowitzki. Aside from those deals, the free agent market has been very slow with a week of spring training in and still nearly a hundred players still unsigned. The two major players who are the highlight of this

year’s free agent class have not found a new team until… Former Los Angeles Dodger and Baltimore Oriole Manny Machado, aside from Bryce Harper, is sought to be the hottest free agent in this year’s market and was indeed on the Yankees’ radar. Machado, 26, made his long-awaited decision this past Tuesday when he signed a 10-year/$300 million deal with the San Diego Padres. It is currently the richest signed contract in American sports history. Now I know what some Yankee fans may be thinking, “Yes, Machado is a dynamic hitter and a well-polished third baseman entering the prime ages of his career.” It was reported the Yankees presented a contract offer to Machado’s representatives in the 7-8 years around the $250 million-dollar range. From the feedback I had received from speaking with a few Yankee fans in Brooklyn, some are bothered the team did not up their offer and a few fans did not mind that the Yanks passed on a talent like

By Eddie Castro

Machado. Here’s why I say the Yankees did the right thing by electing not to. As we know by now, the Yankees will be without their starting shortstop Didi Gregorius until about June after undergoing Tommy John surgery in the winter. Shortstop is a position Machado is familiar with having played that position earlier in his career. The Yankees decided to go with Tulowitzki on a 1-year deal at a much cheaper price. Yes, “Tulo” has not played a game since 2017, after missing all of last year after having surgery on both of his heels. However, if he can get back to flashes of the player that he once was, then passing up on Machado would have been worth it. Machado comes with some baggage with his lack of maturity and lack of hustle being questioned in the past. Also, the Yankees stood to their guns by not willing to commit to a long-term deal. They saw how that went with Alex Rodriguez. Another thing to consider for the Our Time Press universe is that we tend to forget that we still have a

young and talented Miguel Andujar. It’s hard to ignore the talent that Manny Machado possesses. With that said, I do believe the Yankees decision to not aggressively pursue him will not hurt them. Eventually, as the Bronx Bombers look towards the future, the team can spend their money wisely and look to lock up a few homegrown players on their roster like Dellin Betances, Gleyber Torres and Aaron Judge. They can also direct their attention to next year’s free agent pool when the Rockies’ Nolan Arenado will become a free agent. The team’s focus should be pitching and to spend their money wisely while continuing to develop their players in what is one of baseball’s top farm systems. As great as Machado is, the Yankees will not regret passing up on him moving forward. Sports Notes: (Baseball) How does the OTP universe feel about the Yankees not landing Manny Machado? E-mail me at Castroeddie714@gmail.com and let’s have the conversation!

I Want a Public School: “How Hard Are You Really Trying?” Challenge… ■■

ecently there was another of those interesting Facebook ‘challenges’ titled: “How Hard Did Aging Hit You?” (Give those creative Facebook algorithmicteers credit for their ability to keep coming up with ideas to get eyeballs to platform!) For my discriminating eyeballs, I always preferred the ‘matured’ photos; I also rejected the premise, and the I suspect additional purpose of the ‘challenge’, suggesting that we need to purchase ‘something’, conveniently advertised on Facebook, to delay our aging process. Anyway, there’s an education challenge I wish to issue: I want to challenge public education policy makers and schools to stop using phrases they don’t truly believe; those edu-poetic up-lifting statements that they neither honestly aspire to nor intend to carry out for all children. Here, social media has not been helpful. Educators at every level can sound brave, committed and ‘tough’ on internet platforms, while in their daily practice/ work-space avoid the dangerous task of changing the underlying conditions that create and perpetuate learning inequalities. Ideology is not phraseology, ‘sloganisms’ are not confirmative-actions; for it’s what

By Michael A. Johnson

we actually believe and do for children that ultimately matters. Here’s a few ‘greatest hits’ of the often spoken but rarely practiced educational phrases:

for. Any ‘racial integration plan’ that does not address the inequitable distribution of quality education, would end. Billionaires could invest money in efforts that actually work in raising poor student’s academic achievement like: closing societal opportunity gaps in: technology hardware-software and internet access, K-8 reading/writing enrichment, K-8 STEM labs in Title 1 schools, having students: ‘algebra ready’ by the end of 8th grade, radically expanding K-8 gifted & talented programs; healthcare, quality housing and food for families, creating employment for student’s parents, and providing students with access to out-ofschool informal educational experiences. And if the 5-affirmations were truly adopted nationally, it would mean that all schools would be empowered to eliminate those rules and regulatory barriers that hindered student learning, as these schools would also be held publicly accountable for their admissions practices, disciplinary-expulsion policies and academic performance. Further, college and university student admissions applications would soar; while the non-credit bearing ‘cleaning-up’ what was not learned in high school ‘college courses’ would disappear. People nationwide would begin

“It takes a whole village to raise a child” “All children can learn” “Children First” “No child left behind” “The soft bigotry of low expectations” Some wonderfully affirmative statements, that if put into practice would radically change US public education. What if schools really acted like every student was under the protection of the ‘entire village’? It would not matter then who was the child’s biological parents, because we would all become the ‘parent’. Every school would be a full (social, medical, dentistry, optometry, nutrition, counseling, informal education, etc.) service school. Those 5-affirmations are so powerful, that if public school systems were to truly believe, embrace and practice them: all ‘achievement gaps’ (real and contrived), student academic-underachievement, high failure & dropout rates (concentrated in some populations) would end. Taxpayers would get what they pay

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR LVS TITLE TRUST I Plaintiff, Against CARLTON EXILE A/K/A C. EXILE, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 5/9/2014, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, in Room 224 of the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, on 3/21/2019 at 2:30 pm , premises known as 123 Montauk Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York; County of KINGS and State of New York Block 3,992, and Lot 5.The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $966,297.14 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 45556/2007 Nancy Schacher, Esq., Referee. SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road , Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Dated: File Number: 25672 MNB SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET M O RT G AG E PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE A S S E T- BAC K E D PA S S THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-NC2, Plaintiff

against BEVERLY FIELDS A/K/A BEVERLEY FIELDS, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on April 3, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Courthouse, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 28th day of March, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Said premises known as 1520 East 55th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234 (Block: 7879, Lot: 82). Approximate amount of lien $ 576,178.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 508035-15. Shmuel D. Taub, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-7T2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 20077T2, Plaintiff against EGBERT BAPTISTE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on August 15, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the

28th day of March, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Said premises known as 674 East 22nd Street, Brooklyn. N.Y. 11210. (Block: 5221, Lot: 36). Approximate amount of lien $ 836.509.93 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 507289-14. Bruce Goldstein, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-MX1, Plaintiff -against- EDWIN SANTIAGO, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated April 19, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Courthouse 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY on March 14, 2019 at 2:30p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Halsey Street, distant 40.00 feet easterly from the southeasterly corner of Halsey Street and Lewis Avenue, being a plot 60.00 feet by 20.00 ➔➔ Continued on page 10

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NEW BUSINESS FORMATIONS Notice of Formation of sound production entity GIFTED SOUNDS NETWORK LLC, filed with Secy. of State NY (SSNY) on 12/21/18. Office: New York County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it 55 Meadow Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Chef Simi, LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the SSNY on 11/26/2018. Office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the Chef Simi LLC 720 E. 93rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236. Purpose: any lawful act. BESPOKE JETS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/23/2018. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to

LEGAL NOTICES ➔➔ Continued from page 9 feet by 60.00 feet by 20.00 feet. Section: 6 Block: 1665 Lot: 12 Said premises known as 482 HALSEY STREET, BROOKLYN, NY Approximate amount of lien $562,628.19 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 515574/2015. GREGORY T. CERCHIONE, ESQ., Referee Dorf & Nelson LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, NY 10580 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY FSB, AS TRUSTEE FOR STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A, Plaintiff, vs. VIOLA DAVID A/K/A VIOLA P. DAVID, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on January 17, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on March 14, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 5202 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn, NY 11234. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 7736 and Lot 40. Approximate amount of judgment is $399,257.59 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 501253/2015. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee. Gregory Thomas Cerchione, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C. FKA Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT- COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORPORATION HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES MO 2006HE6 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES MO 2006-HE6, Plaintiff, AGAINST JANET DUNKLEY, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on August 13, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams

Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on March 14, 2019 at 2:30 PM premises known as 231 EAST 37TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11203. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. Block 4874 and Lot 43. Approximate amount of judgment $860,528.83 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #17774/2011. BRUNO F CODISPOTI, ESQ., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747

County of Kings, City and State of NY, Block 5664 Lot 60. Approximate amount of judgment $336,777.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 16128/2013. Randolph Jackson, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: December 22, 2018 60129

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME SERIES 2013-1T, Plaintiff, Against I n d ex COURT: KINGS COUNTY. WEST COAST No.: 503622/2014 AZIROON BISRAM, SERVICING, INC., Pltf. vs. MILTON K. ET AL. Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment WILSON, et al, Defts. Index #507742/2014. of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Pursuant to order confirming a referee Kings County Clerk’s Office on 5/1/2018, I, report and judgment of foreclosure and sale the undersigned Referee will sell at public dated July 25, 2018, I will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, Supreme Court, 360 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY 11201, on 3/14/2019 at 2:30 pm, NY on Thursday, Mar. 14, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 1559 Remsen Avenue, prem. k/a 589 East 89th St., Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY 11236 and described as fola/k/a Block 7968, Lot 111. Said property lows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of located at a point on the Northeasterly side land, with the buildings and improvements of East 89th St. 31 ft. Northwesterly from thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the corner formed by the intersection of the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, the Northwesterly side of Farragut Rd. and City and State of New York and designated on the Northeasterly side of East 89 Street; the tax maps of the Kings County Treasurer Running thence Northwesterly along the as Block 8274 and Lot 32. The approximate Northeasterly side of East 89th St. 29 feet; amount of the current Judgment lien is Thence Northeasterly parallel with Farragut $415,127.35 plus interest and costs. The Road, 100 feet; Thence Northwesterly Premises will be sold subject to provisions parallel with Remsen Avenue, 47.42 feet; of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure Thence Northeasterly parallel with Farragut and Sale; Index # 503622/2014. Jageshwar Rd. 4 feet; Thence Southeasterly parallel Sharma, Esq., Referee. SHELDON MAY with Remsen Avenue, 75.42 feet; Thence & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Southwesterly and part of the distance Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 through a party wall, 104 ft. to the point Dated: 1/15/2019 File Number: 30502 or place of beginning. Approx. amt. of JJL judgment is $865,317.05 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT of filed judgment and terms of sale. SHERYL - COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. Bank National MENKES Referee. THE MARGOLIN & Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First WEINREB LAW GROUP LLP, Attys. for Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., CSMC Pltf., 165 Eileen Way, Ste. 101, Syosset, NY. Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, #96368 Series 2006-6, Plaintiff -against- Heylin Cabrera, Carnegie Capital LLC, First United NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT Mortgage Banking Corp., Toyota Motor COUNTY OF KINGS Wells Fargo Bank, Credit Corp., New York City Environmental NA, Plaintiff AGAINST Samuel Salzberg; Control Board, Angela Williams, James Mindy Salzberg; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant Tyson Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly of foreclosure and sale entered on January dated December 13, 2017 I, the undersigned 7, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings at public auction to the highest bidder at County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, ROOM 224 F/K/A ROOM 274 OF KINGS Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on March COUNTY SUPREME COURT, 360 ADAMS 7, 2019 at 2:30PM, premises known as 1435 STREET, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201 53rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219. All that on March 7, 2019 at 2:30 PM premises certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the known as 656 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, buildings and improvements erected, situate, NY. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, land, with the buildings and improvements

Olufunmilade Amusan, 936 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 1673 PRESIDENT STREET, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/12/2018. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Meir Kabakow 1332 Lincoln Pl. Brooklyn, NY 11213. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Accelerate Product LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/19/2019. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Melissa Perri, 60 Maspeth Ave. Apt. 1B, Brooklyn, 11211. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of KINGS, City and State of New York. Block: 1800 Lot: 37 Approximate amount of lien $916,399.30 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment Index # 019463/2013 Helene Blank, Esq., REFEREE STEIN, WIENER AND ROTH, L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 113 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514 DATED: January 29, 2019 FILE #: SLS 69042 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: KINGS COUNTY. SK INDUSTRIES, LLC, Pltf. vs. MELVIN JACKSON, et al, Defts. Index #16925/2013. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Jan. 14, 2019, I will sell at public auction in Room 224 of the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY on March 14, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a 1150 East 93 Street, Brooklyn, NY. Said property beginning at a point on the Southwesterly side of East 93rd St. distance 72 ft. southeasterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southeasterly side of Conklin Avenue, with the Southwesterly side of East 93rd St., being a plot 78 ft. x 30 ft. 6 1/4 inches. Approx. amt. of judgment is $908,384.57 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. JAGESHWAR SHARMA, Referee. LAW OFFICE OF SAMUEL KATZ, PLLC, Attys. for Pltf., 4533 16th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY #96373 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS, U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR CMALT REMIC 2007-A5-REMIC PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-A5, Plaintiff, vs. DAVID ROYES, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee’s Report, Amendment of Caption and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on December 11, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, Room 224, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on March 7, 2019 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 562 East 84th Street, Brooklyn, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, Block 7962 and Lot 81. Approximate amount of judgment is $739,972.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 505350/2014. Michael Benjamin, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Cash will not be accepted.

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Your neighborhood polling place, 6am9pm, absolutely FREE! Do your civic duty and get to the polls for this special to fill the seat vacated when Brooklyn’s Letitia James won her bid for Attorney General. The Public Advocate presides over City Council meetings, can conduct investigations into complaints against agencies and can introduce legislation, but not vote on such. The Public Advocate is also next in line of succession to the mayor. There are 17 candidates running. Do your research.

Wednesday, February 27th

BROOKLYN POETRY WORKSHOP & SLAM Brownsville Heritage House, 581 Mother Gaston Blvd., 6-10pm, $5 suggested donation (no one turned away). Join Green Earth Poets Cafe for this annual Black History Month event where the grand prize slam-winner will go home with $100. Workshop teacher and host is the poet Definition. DJ Namibia will be on the ones and twos and the evening features special musical guest Dizzy SenSe and poet Mecca Verdell. Lite fare provided, stay for free raffle for cash and prizes.

Sunday, February 24th WHAT MONGREL-BABY? The Dwyer Center, 258 St. Nicholas Ave., Manhattan, 3-6pm, $20 in advance, $25 @ the door, reception included. Enjoy this intimate, rehearsed and staged reading of a sure-to-be-intriguing play by the great Je franklin. In it, a baby whose “race” is questionable, is threatened with removal from a Colored village. Directed by Eric Coleman, the play features Stephen Gleason and Sandra Reeves-Phillips and introduces Nyae Lewis as Margie. Also featuring the Aesop Spitters and poets Anoush Ter Taulian. Presented by The Race Aid Project, an Art-centric Model for Dialogue on Race. Tickets at Eventbrite.

National Black Theater, 2031 5th Ave., Manhattan, 7:30pm, $20. This play, written by Eric Micha Holmes and directed by Miranda Haymon, investigates how shockumentaries (or “mondo” films) from the 60s and 70s shaped a biracial man’s racial journey. When the lead character becomes captivated by the prospect of documenting the life of a public figure, he is forced to reckon with memory and fantasy, film and documentary, and Blackness and Africanness. Playing through March 3rd. Tickets at ovationtix. com.

AFRIKAN SPIRIT AWARDS

Dwana Smallwood PAC

12 YEARS OF FREEDOM Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Ave., from 6-9pm, FREE. Join in a special Black History Month event sponsored by Council member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. and the NYC Commission on Human Rights, with support from Carver Federal Savings Bank. Attendees are invited to consider the time between President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the beginning of Jim Crow. Featuring a panel discussion and performances courtesy of Green Earth Poets Cafe, Vibe Theater, the Noel Pointer Foundation and the Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center. Reserve your ticket at Eventbrite.

SISTER IN SELMA Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration, 1360 Fulton St., 6-8:30pm, FREE. Join the Brooklyn NAACP at their February general membership meeting and enjoy this brief one-act play with music inspired by Sister Mary Antona Ebo’s March in Selma, Alabama in 1965. Written by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj and directed by Adam Mace, the inspiring and absorbing play features actor Teisha Duncan. [RSVP at brooklynnaacp.org]

Sister in Selma

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Friday, March 1

Saturday, February 23

Magnolia Tree Earth Center, 677 Lafayette Ave., 2-9pm, FREE. Join 500 Men Making A Difference for this celebratory afternoon and evening. The program features live performances, food and fun, including a lecture, “Revolution or Reform,” by Assemblyman Charles Barron, Black history displays, yoga, dinner and networking. For information contact 917297-2365.

Thursday, February 28

BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM

of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. Race is an enthralling film about courage, determination, tolerance and friendship.

361 Lewis Ave., 4-6pm, FREE. See this film based on the incredible true story

Founders Auditorium, Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave., 6:30-10pm, $20, students and elders, $10. The People of the Sun Collective and the Medgar Evers College Student Government and Women’s Center presents this Black History Month and Women’s History Month event. Honored will be Habte Selassie, activist and WBAI-FM Radio host, poet Ras Osagyefo and Dr. Iola Thompson, a recent and longtime dance instructor at

Ras Osagyefo

the college. For information call 718659-4999.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Thursday, March 7th THE FEATURE IS FEMALE Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., 6:30-8pm (doors at 6, seating is first-come, first-served), FREE. Chisholm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed by filmmaker Shola Lynch will be introduced by City Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo for the first of four screenings of documentaries about inspiring women presented in honor of Women’s History Month. Follow Shirley Chisholm’s pioneering 1972 presidential bid.

Friday, March 15th WOMEN OF COLOR POLITICAL CONFERENCE Brooklyn College Student Center, 2900 Bedford Ave., 9am-4pm, FREE. Breakfast and lunch will be provided at this event hosted by Women of Color at Brooklyn College and The Shirley Chisholm Project. The conference, which encourages women to be politically active and civically engaged, will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions and workshops. Attendees must RSVP at Eventbrite to be allowed entry.

Saturday, March 23rd PLAYWRIGHTS AND SCREENWRITERS AT THE CROSSROADS Founders Auditorium, Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave., 11am-6pm, $20, seniors, students and faculty (from ALL schools & colleges), $5 w/ID. Panelists Ifa Bayeza, Ladee Hubbard and Keith Josef Adkins speak on the theme of the 2019 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium. What are the challenges, subjects and processes for getting the published written word from one medium to the other? How do racial politics influence not only literary writing, but also playwriting and screenwriting? Tickets at Eventbrite.

THE AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES BLACK WORLD HISTORY February 28, 2019 – March 3, 2019 NEW YORK, February 20, 2019 - The African Diaspora International Film Festival will celebrate Black History Month with a selection of films about the multiple dimensions of Black World History. Just added to the program is the East Coast Premiere screening of Boss: The Black Experience in Business. The little-known story of African American entrepreneurship from post enslavement and reconstruction to the present, where skill, industriousness, ingenuity and sheer courage in the face of overwhelming odds provide one of the backbones of this nation’s economic and social growth. Directed by Peabody- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution and Freedom Summer), Boss: The Black Experience in Business shines a light on the story of resilience and resistance within the black American experience in the face of overwhelming odds, including racial hostility and violence, economic exclusion, segregation and discrimination. SATURDAY, March 2, 2019 8:40pm - Boss: The Black Experience in Business (USA) ADIFF’s Black History Month Program will be at Teachers College, Columbia University - 525 W 120th St. Tickets are $11 and $13. Weekend Pass is $60. The Robeson Effect premiere screening is $25/$15. The African Diaspora International Film Festival BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM is made possible thanks to the support of the following institutions and individuals: ArtMattan Productions; the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs, Teachers College, Columbia University; the New York City Council in the Arts; and WBAI.

OUR TIME PRESS February 21-27, 2019

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